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  A Glimpse of Children in the Biblical Story The Book of Deuteronomy instructs God’s people to teach children to love, obey, and fear the Lord God in the context of life. Children are to assemble with adults to learn the things of God (Deuteronomy 6:1–3, 11:18–21, 31:12–13). Other Old Testament passages describe how children were present with the whole faith community as they stood …

Anger damages relationships. Here are several guidelines provided by Dr. Scott Turansky, co-founder of the National Center for Biblical Parenting, we’ve found helpful for anger management. When parents and teachers work on these things together, anger episodes are reduced. Make these a regular part of your routine and you’ll see tremendous progress.

Here are 5 things that pastors need to consider about children’s ministry in their church: 1. Children’s Ministry serves the most spiritually impressionable group in the church. This is inarguable. Unfortunately, that spiritual impressionability also comes with snotty noses, dirty diapers, misbehavior and a lot of other things that are less than attractive.

By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this third and final article, Williamson and Watson consider “learning styles” from the perspective of both teacher and student. The authors examine personality and preferred learning style and explore implications for Christian education.

By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this article, Williamson and Watson consider how students absorb and retain information. They also explain how that information can influence an individual learning strategy for each student. Summary Over the years, educators have asked questions about how people learn. This article is the second in a series of three that provide updated …

By Margaret F. Williamson and Roberta L. Watson New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In this article, Williamson and Watson consider the importance of learning styles and how each teacher can create learning environments that fit a classroom of children with a variety of personalities and learning styles.

Four Activities for Building Relationships With Your Kids By Jim Dempsey, Ph.D. The Bible says that Satan is a liar, and one of his favorites is that God cares more about rules than relationships. Parents can fall for this deception when they become more focused on the outward behavior of their children than on the relationship they are building. Sure we want behavior to come …